Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012: Tickets
House of Lords
Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Conservative)
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This is to inform the House of the publication of the register of names in receipt of tickets purchased by Government to the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
In line with their values of transparency and accountability the Government committed to publishing all details relating to tickets provided which entailed a cost to the public purse. These accounted for less than 0.04% of the total ticket sales.
All departments' tickets are included within the publication and the purchasing department, the Government Olympic Executive, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office or UK Trade and Investment, is listed against each ticket.
All invitations were issued against criteria agreed by the Cabinet Secretary in May 2012. These were:
encouraging growth;encouraging health and sports participation; andencouraging community engagement and volunteering.
The register can be found: http://www.dcms.gov.uk/publications/9672.aspx